18 military banners going up in Anaheim

ANAHEIM – Eighteen more banners are going up above the streets here, while six are coming down.

Since 2009, Anaheim has honored military personnel with ties to the city who are, or recently have been, deployed overseas with full-color tributes featuring their names and faces on banners strung from street lampposts.

In a Wednesday afternoon ceremony in George Washington Park, attended by family members and others, the new batch of honorees was highlighted. So were the six no longer on active duty who will receive their banners when they are lowered.

In all, there will be 84 banners on such streets as Brookhurst and Santa Ana Canyon Road.

"These are just a few examples of out city's commitment to recognizing the sacrifice of the men and women who serve in our nation's armed services," Mayor Tom Tait said.